I have a kodiak 450 (03) and noticed it didn't have the power in reverse that it does in low going forward and its because it use's high gear in the tranny for reverse! I think thats a poor design for Yamaha to do.I put a rev-limiter bypass on for plowing mostly and got on some ice and that will spin backwards as fast as it will forward in high gear! Reverse really shows up when your in deep mud and kinda stuck and you want to back up you have to really JUMP on the gas to get it to move. This is one of the first things that I don't like AT ALL on my kodiak and I think some people wouldn't like it as well!

 

I never did like any yamaha's reverse limiter, nice to see someone bypass it. I think my reverse is highrange but I would rather high than low myself... I don't feel any strain on my belt in reverse and that's the only I would need mine in low.

 

The bypass works great I have it mounted on my handgaurds and with the touch of a button I can disable it and then just turn it back on when I don't need it disabled! I didn't notice the reverse being in high range intil I put my 26 inch ITP 589's and then with the added traction in bad places I noticed I really had to push the machine to get it to spin. I think your 650 engine has enough more power so that you could spin effortlessly even if you were in high range. I guess its one things that I have found on a machine that otherwise is perfect for me! oh well I will live with it and mabey Yamaha will come out with a range select on the reverse in 05 seeing how they put a bypass button on the 04's .You never know!

 

You must admit that your reverse is the best reverse on a yamaha. Try backing up an old big bear, I understand that your tires will not spin easy so you have to be careful when backing up. That new 400 doesn't have low only the 450 does. So Yam put a mid hi/low gear in that so you could see it on a 450 down the road, but with the way they don't come factory with a bypass for reverse it is highly unlikely.

 

lafngas - do you have any pics of your Kodaik 450 w/ the 26" 589s?

 

No I don't but I am working on it. I am in hope to have some in the near future. In fact it is going to get above freezing today so mabey I will have time to clean in up enough to take some pics of it. Then it will be back to work for the kodiak because they are forcasting a foot or more of snow this weekend! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] get a chance to plow the driveway. What color is you 450? I tryed to get a blue one when I bought mine but they gave me a great deal to take a red one so I gave in and took a red one home. they were trying to get the 03 outof the showroom!

 

camo man has some pics with his 589's on!

 

Mine is green. That's the color I wanted and they got it w/in a few days. It was already on it's way to another dealership in the area.

I've seen camo's kodiak. It's nice. I just wanted to see what the 589s w/ c series look like since that's what I'm prolly going w/. What size are you tires? 26x? Thanks again.

 

26-9-12's on front and 26-12x12 on rear they work really good for what I am doing with them

 

lafngas, could you please give us some details on how you did your reverse rev-limiter bypass. I would like to put one on my machine also. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks...LTT